......,-/^ ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# #...--------...# #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ ####.-- FERMI'S PARADOX --.#### @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ #...--------...# ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ^/-,......
.......,-/ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE /-,.......
......,-/^ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ ANTENNA ARRAYS @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ^/-,......
.......,-/ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, /-,.......
......,-/^ AND -OUR- LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ ^/-,......
.......,-/ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR /-,.......
......,-/^ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED ^/-,......
.......,-/ /-,.......
......,-/^ #...--------...# ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ ####.-- FERMI'S PARADOX --.#### ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ #...--------...# @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ SO WHY IS THAT? @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ^/-,......
.......,-/ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) /-,.......
......,-/^ ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY #@¶@¤^/-,.
..,-/^¤@¶@ SHOWS) @¶@¤^/-,..
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
....,-/^¤@ #...--------...# @¤^/-,....
.....,-/^¤ ####.-- FERMI'S PARADOX --.#### ¤^/-,.....
......,-/^ #...--------...# ^/-,......
.......,-/ /-,.......
......,-/^ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ^/-,......
.....,-/^¤ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¤^/-,.....
....,-/^¤@ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING @¤^/-,....
...,-/^¤@¶ ¶@¤^/-,...
..,-/^¤@¶@ @¶@¤^/-,..
.,-/^¤@¶@# #@¶@¤^/-,.
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